Date of intake:: 2/6/2026

Means of surrender (length of time in previous home):: Owner Surrender (4.5 years)

Previously lived with:: 1 Adult 1 cat 1 dog

Behavior toward strangers:: friendly/ outgoing and playful with strangers.

Behavior toward children:: friendly/ outgoing and playful with children.

Behavior toward dogs:: friendly/outgoing and playful with familiar dogs and lunges at unfamiliar dogs on and off leash.

Behavior toward cats:: friendly/outgoing and playful

Resource guarding:: She resource guards food by hovering over them with a tense body and growling.

Bite history:: No known reports of a bite history.

Housetrained:: Partially

Energy level/descriptors:: Cookie is noted to have a very high energy level in the prior home.

Other Notes:: She is unbothered when being held/restrained, disturbed while resting, pushed/pulled off furniture, and when her paws and collar are touched. She has destructive tendencies with furniture and pulls hard on leash. Cookie is a social and affectionate MMB dog and is very active and playful. She enjoys spending her time where people are. She enjoys baths and brushing but does now allow her nails to get trimmed. She goes on walks 3 times a day for 20 mins with mild to moderate pulling. She loves going for car rides and knows command cues like "Sit" "gimmie paw" "come here" and "lay down". Previous owner favorite thing about cookie is that she's extremely affectionate and enjoys cuddling. Her favorite toys are footballs or just any ball. She loves tugging toys and any kinds of treats.

Date of assessment:: 2/8/2026

Summary:: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: mild - moderate pulling Reactivity to humans: inconclusive - did not pass Reactivity to dogs: inconclusive - did not pass Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): highly anxious - red/flushed face and eyes, pants heavily, whines, paces, darts around room, scratches at doors for exit Call over: approaches with heavy coaxing Sociability comments: unable to focus or settle on own Handling Soft handling: whines, tolerates contact, moves around Exuberant handling: whines, tolerates contact, moves around, pants heavier Handling comments: difficult to position, distracted Arousal Jog: follows, distracted Arousal comments: Knock: no response Knock Comments: Toy: grips, moves away, firm Toy comments:

Summary:: Although Cookie was surrendered by their previous owner, she is social, outgoing, and playful with familiar dogs but has escalated to lunging at unfamiliar dogs on and off leash. 02/19/26: Cookie was introduced to a novel male dog. Cookie approaches with a forward posture. Following mutual greetings, she offers play bows and tail wagging before climbing and pawing at the gate. Her frustration increases, resulting in snarling and lunging forward. Both dogs are then separated, concluding the interaction.

Summary (7):: 3/2/26: Cookie is at the front of her kennel barking as the handler approaches. She is leashed with ease and will pull lightly out of her kennel but will pass out a few times though there is not much tension on the leash. Once in the office Cookie's collar is clipped with a drag leash and she is free to roam around the room. The handler will give her some spray cheese to lick off the couch while they fit a harness on her. Cookie will lean into the handler and allow petting along her neck and back. After a consent test she will lean in briefly but then picks up a ball. She will then engage with the handler in two toy fetch. After a while, Cookie is walked back on the harness to her kennel with no issue. 2/25: Cookie becomes highly reactive when she sees other dogs pass her kennel. She hard barks, growls, and occassionally muzzle punches the kennel bars if another dog is in close proximity. She is seen racing back and forth to either side of her kennel through the transfer door while she is reacting. Covering her kennel is attempted to reduce her kennel stress, but she intermittently pulls on the cover. 2/19/26: Cookie is standing in her kennel as handler approches. She is able to be quickly leashed and she pulls hard out of kennel and toward the dog in kennel across from hers. She would hard bark with a tense body while trying to turn around to lunge towards the dog in kennel as the handler takes her outside. While on the way to the play yard for play group she would hard stare with a tense body and lunge and vocalize towards dogs passing by. She greets the other dog at the gate with a tense body and begins to hard bark and lunge at the dog. She is able to be taken away and she would continue to hard bark and lunge towards dogs on the way back to her kennel. She is able to quickly enter her kennel with ease. 2/16/26: Cookie is at front of kennel with a neutral body when handler approaches. It takes a little time to leash, using baby talk helped. She is taken from kennel and escorted outside for a walk. Cookie accepts treats and tolerates pets. She is returned to kennel with no issue. 2/10: Cookie is seen barking and growling at other dogs. As the handler is removing a dog from above her kennel, Cookie stands on the kennel door, grumbling as she watches the handler. The handler drops treats into her kennel, and she follows them down as the handler walks away with a little dog. 02/08/26 (Assessment Note): Cookie stands at the front of her kennel and allows leashing with ease. She is brought to the assessment room and eats treats while handlers place a collar and drag leash. Cookie displays signs of FAS, including anxiety and seeking exit. She runs with handler without escalating arousal. She does not respond to knock. During toy portion, she hovers over the toy. Cookie is returned to her kennel safely. For more information, see Behavioral Assessment.

Date of intake:: 2/6/2026

Summary:: accepted treats. She had very high energy during intake but allowed all

Date of initial:: 2/7/2026

Summary:: hyperactive, consistently panting; flushed, face, eyes and ears; pacing, pawing at the doors to esca

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION:: Level 3

Recommendations:: No children (under 13),Single-pet home,Recommend no dog parks

Recommendations comments:: No children (under 13): Due to Cookie's reported resource guarding, we recommend a home without children at this time. Single-pet home/Recommend no dog parks: Cookie's previous owner reported that she lunges at unfamiliar dogs on and off leash. Due to these concerns, we recommend that she be the only dog in the home and not attend dog parks at this time as a precaution.

Potential challenges: : Resource guarding,Destructive behavior,On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration,Strength/leash pulling

Potential challenges comments:: Resource guarding: Cookie is reported to resource guard food by hovering over it with a tense body and growling. Please see the handout on Resource guarding. Destructive behavior: She has destructive tendencies with furniture. We are unaware of what, if any, attempts were made to remedy this behavior but we suggest to future adopters that Cookie will need to be provided with physical and mental stimulation and with a variety of appropriate and engaging chew toys so she can engage in necessary chewing behavior without damage to human objects. Please see handout on Destructive behavior. On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration: Cookie is reported to lunge at unfamiliar dogs on and off leash. Please see handout on On-leash reactivity/barrier frustration. Strength/leash pulling: pulls hard on leash.